… The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel tracks its title hero’s journey from bright-eyed newlywed to disillusioned standup comedian making her way through the coffee houses and nightclubs of New York City circa 1958, propriety be damned
Here are some quick U.S. stats: White women won the vote in 1920; some Native American women could vote in 1924, while the rest could not until 1947; Asian-American women first voted in 1952; and black women had to wait until the 1960s to freely exercise this fundamental right. But…
The movie turns on a series of revelations about the characters, whose hushed, intimate narration reveals rich inner lives.
Alpert checks in again and again with the same three families over 45 years of visits to the island, with sometimes heartbreaking results.
Tis’ the season for Christmas movies, and this one is worth seeing.
Here’s a kiddo’s quest to define a self, in this case the descent of young Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) into a land of the dead inspired by Dia de los Muertos celebrations
At a slim 77 minutes, Porto should seem as fleeting as the memories it’s trying to capture, but it dragged through so many dull scenes that I continually caught myself checking the time
This is the first time a Marvel TV show has stunned me: Why in the era of binge-able continued-narrative TV series would the producers kill dead their momentum
It starts off as the portrait of a troubled child, but expands to become a film about community
The drama is mostly interior, and Washington’s quiet performance tends to reveal the jittery surface rather than the tortured soul
The story follows a handful of townsfolk who are rocked by the triple homicide of three men, paid for by neglected wife Lila (Imogen Poots), whose husband is one of the victims
Action scenes start and stop and then start again, then go in different directions, and it was a few moments into The Big Climactic Face-Off before I realized we’d arrived at The Big Climactic Face-Off
Director Martin McDonagh obligates himself to find the humanity in even the deeply flawed.
There’s a lot of great filmmaking in Novitiate, but there’s also quite a bit still missing.
She’ll appear at Phoenix Fan Fest 2017.
Now it remains to be seen if the movie will even be released.
Despite the bright cinematography, there’s something quaint and comforting about this film and its brand of old-fashioned storytelling.
The film ultimately is about watching a morose child lose his grip on reality.
It might be time for Hollywood to stop giving Gibson a pass.
Director Greta Gerwig treats her young subjects as complex human beings, not cliched broody teens.
The picture’s final moments suggest that it’s meant as a tribute to simple people, but Last Flag Flying merely hints at the idea.
For all its quiet fury, Alias Grace is above all else a superior dramatic mystery.
